Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and information processing system

Abstract

An information processing apparatus acquires status information representing a status of a predetermined status item in an apparatus, and decides the acquired status as a subject for notification to be notified to a user upon meeting at least one of a condition that the status of the predetermined status item represented by the status information is different from a status represented by status information acquired before the acquisition and a condition that a priority of the predetermined status item is higher than a predetermined priority.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information representing a status of a predetermined status item in an apparatus; and   a decision unit configured to decide the acquired status as a subject for notification to be notified to a user upon meeting at least one of a condition that the status of the predetermined status item represented by the status information acquired by said acquisition unit is different from a status represented by status information acquired before the acquisition and a condition that a priority of the predetermined status item is higher than a predetermined priority.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said decision unit decides the status as the subject for notification to the user upon further meeting a condition that the status acquired by said acquisition unit corresponds to an error. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a management unit configured to store the status information acquired by said acquisition unit,
 wherein said decision unit compares the status represented by the status information acquired by said acquisition unit with contents stored in said management unit, thereby confirming the status different from the status represented by status information acquired by said acquisition unit.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein when the status information acquired by said acquisition unit represents statuses of a plurality of status items, said decision unit decides a status item that meets the condition out of the plurality of status items, and decides a status corresponding to the decided status item as the subject for notification. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein said decision unit holds priority information representing correspondence between the plurality of status items in the apparatus and priorities of the notification, and performs the decision using the priority information. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said decision unit performs the decision further based on a time difference between a time of acquisition by said acquisition unit and a time of previous acquisition. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a transmission unit configured to, when the status of the predetermined status item is decided as the subject for notification by said decision unit, transmit information representing the decision to an external apparatus,
 wherein the external apparatus notifies the user of the status in accordance with transmission of the information by said transmission unit.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said acquisition unit acquires the status and an ID of the apparatus from the apparatus, and
 said decision unit specifies the status of the apparatus acquired before the acquisition based on the acquired ID and an ID acquired before the acquisition, thereby determining a change in the status of the apparatus.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the status information includes the status and the ID of the apparatus. 
     
     
         10 . An information processing method comprising:
 an acquisition step of acquiring status information representing a status of a predetermined status item in an apparatus; and   a decision step of deciding the acquired status as a subject for notification to be notified to a user upon meeting at least one of a condition that the status of the predetermined status item represented by the status information acquired in the acquisition step is different from a status represented by status information acquired before the acquisition and a condition that a priority of the predetermined status item is higher than a predetermined priority.   
     
     
         11 . A system including a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus,
 the first information processing apparatus comprising:   an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information representing a status of a predetermined status item in an apparatus; and   a decision unit configured to decide the acquired status as a subject for notification to be notified to a user upon meeting at least one of a condition that the status of the predetermined status item represented by the status information acquired by said acquisition unit is different from a status represented by status information acquired before the acquisition and a condition that a priority of the predetermined status item is higher than a predetermined priority, and   the second information processing apparatus comprising:   a reception unit configured to receive a notification based on the status when the decision has been done by said decision unit.   
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for controlling a computer to execute respective steps of  claim 10 .